The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-04
BOARD OF HEALTH.
RULES
Adopted by Board Of Health.
1887.

rule /. Excreta and garbage. consisting "f
limits of the city of Palatka, but must be re-
moved beyond said limits
or the owner of a vacant lot who shall receive
notice from ii sanitary Inspector To- clear any
water closet and dislnfect the same or remove
any offensive matter from such premises. and
shall fail tn comply with such order within
three days after receiving such notice shall la
reported to this Board for prosecution under
the law.
Rule 3. Excavations for building or for lay
ing dr',i or ~,ner p.pes wh,hin dhe mint, si
first day of June to the first day of November
without permission of the Board.
Rule T. No garbage Offal. dead animals. ma
terials manufactured in whole or in part of
wool, silk, leather, India rubber. or other
substances which evolve offensive gases dur
ing their decomposition, shall not he left I'M
covered All decaying animal vegetable
matter must he moved from kitchens, cellars
or buildings used for storage. and disnfect-
ants applied Immediately after such removal
Rule D Deposits of offensive matter, before
being Disturbed for removal, must he deu.ior
lied by application of dry earth, solution of
coppersis, or other suitable absort-ents,
Rule D. Garbage accommodating from oil
sourccs,in any city or town. shall he placed i'm Il
receptacle ON the side of IA street, and shall lie
removed thrice i'm each week from the first
day of June tn the first day of November. and
once in each week during other times. Scav-
engers must empty the vessels and leave them
for further Use.
Rule Z. Hogs shall not be kept in pens with
they he kept elsewhere within one hundred
feet ~ a sleeping apartment
Rule 5. Animals with infectious contagi-
Gus diseases shall not be brought or kept with
i'm the limits of any city or town, nor else
where without permission of this Board.
Rule .. Decayed or unwholesOme meat.
vegetables, fruit or fish. or impure ar a.iulter-
ated milk ar other articles. shall not he sold
offered for sale as food, under pain of pr,isecu-
ton by the President of the Beard.
Rule TO- slaughter houses or butcher pens
tiairies or cow-pens for vending milk. shall not
be established or operated within the limits of
"A city or town. nor elsewhere unless properly
licensed by this Board Melting rendering
'ises, ot o'hsr pisicts Ior MISUNDERSTANDING or
permitting the escape OF Offensive or unwhoie-
some vapors or o.iors, shall not he established
or operated without permission, in writing.
from the President of this Beard.
Rule H. Dead bodies passing through any
city or town requiring change from ON. case or
coffin to another. must he transferred at a
cemtery
Rule IL. All domestic animals diving outside.
of city or town shall lie buried by the owner.
or 10y the person upon whose premises such an
not less than four feet under the surface of
the ground, nor less than one hundred yarS
from any spring, branch; creek or we'll
Rule H. No building shall be removed from
one place To another within any city or town
from the first day of June to the first day at
the direction of this Board or its proterIy
authorized agents
the Judgment of this Board injurious To the
public health shall not be stored within "A
within the same distance of the dwelling of
any citizen of this county.
Rule L. Any householder in whose dwell
ing there shall occur a of cholera. yellow
fever. scarlet fever. diphtheria. smallpox. or
other recognized Infectious disease, shall i'm
mediately notify this Beard or any of its atl-
thorized agents of the same, and until instruc-
tons received from the same source shall
not permit any clothing or other property that
may have been exposed u infection To be re-
moved from such house. Nor shall any occtI-
pant of such dwelling reside elsewhere wit bout
consent of this Board.
Rule To- Every physician who shall be called
to attend any infectious disease, particularly
ted in
once report such case To this Beard for instruc-
tions in regard thereto. And whenever there
shall come under the observation of any ply
stefan 80 many cases of scarlet fever, measles.
typhoid fever. diphtheria. dysentery. cerebr,
meningitis or other dangerous disease. that
viii satisfy him that epidemic thereof
exists or that there is local cause there
| for. he shall promptly report tbs
same To this Board with suggestions for theil
/ action therein
Rule Il. No person thing liable To propa-
gate a contagious or infectious disease shall b.
I brought into this county except by the consent
| and under the direction Of this Beard, and
when II shall come to the knowledge OF any
citizen that such dangerous person or thins